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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek κορίτσι (korítsi) (also form κορίτσιν (korítsin), diminutive of Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) + -ίτσι (-ítsi), form of -ίτσιν (-ítsin).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈɾi.t͡si/
- Hyphenation: κο‧ρί‧τσι
Noun
κορίτσι • (korítsi) n (plural κορίτσια)
- girl, daughter
- έκανε κορίτσι ― ékane korítsi ― she gave birth to a girl (literally, “she did a girl”)
- girlfriend
Declension
Synonyms
- (female friend, girlfriend): φίλη f (fíli)
- (girl, girlfriend): κοπέλα f (kopéla), κορασίδα f (korasída) (archaic)
Derived terms
- αγοροκόριτσο n (agorokóritso, “tomboy”)
- αγριοκόριτσο n (agriokóritso, “wild girl”)
- διαβολοκόριτσο n (diavolokóritso, “naughty girl”)
- κοριτσάκι n (koritsáki) (diminutive)
- κοριτσάρα f (koritsára) (augmentative)
- κορίτσαρος m (korítsaros) (augmentative)
- κοριτσίστικος m (koritsístikos, “girly”)
- κοριτσομάνι n (koritsománi, “a crowd of girls”)
- νοικοκυροκόριτσο n (noikokyrokóritso, “home maker”)
- ομορφοκόριτσο n (omorfokóritso, “pretty girl”)
- παλιοκόριτσο n (paliokóritso, “naughty girl”)
- πλουσιοκόριτσο n (plousiokóritso, “rich girl”)
- τρελοκόριτσο n (trelokóritso, “crazy girl”)
- φτωχοκόριτσο n (ftochokóritso, “poor girl”)
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